Mohammad Usman, a former member of the Class of 2010 who pled guilty to $18,615 in financial aid fraud in April, was sentenced to three years of probation including six months of home detention on Wednesday. Usman was also ordered to pay a $2000 fine and $200 dollars of additional "special assessment" charges and complete 100 hours of community service, according to case manager Vinny Negron of the U.S. District Court in Concord, N.H. More »
Dartmouth Board of Trustees Chairman Ed Haldeman ‘70 is the leading candidate to be chief executive officer of Freddie Mac, the beleaguered government-sponsored loan corporation, The Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday, citing anonymous sources. Haldeman announced late Tuesday evening that he would step down as chairman of the board of directors of Putnam Investment Management. More »
In a public address to the Dartmouth community on his first day as College President, Jim Yong Kim said that it was the passion he believes Dartmouth students and alumni hold for the College that inspired him to forgo other career opportunities and accept the position of Dartmouth’s 17th president. More »
College President Jim Yong Kim, who officially starts his tenure today, said in an interview with The Dartmouth that a focus on undergraduate education and efforts to garner more recognition for the institution’s strengths will be among his foremost goals as president. Kim, who said he intends to spend 10 percent of his time on his previous research, emphasized that his efforts as president will be influenced by his career as an anthropologist and a doctor trained in evidence-based medicine. More »
On the eve of College President Jim Yong Kim’s first day in office, several alumni leaders expressed enthusiasm about the administration’s potential for success — including some alumni who had initially voiced concerns about Kim’s selection. The reaction of Dartmouth alumni to the original announcement of Kim’s upcoming presidency largely mirrored the split of alumni body in recent clashes with the College’s Board of Trustees, as supporters of outgoing College President James Wright’s administration welcomed Kim’s arrival while Wright’s critics questioned both Kim’s qualifications and his commitment to undergraduate education — concerns still raised by some of those alumni today. More »
Newly instated College President Jim Yong Kim, who will begin work on Wednesday overseeing an institution that has historically prided itself on maintaining a distinctive student culture, told The Dartmouth in an interview that many of his policies involving important aspects of Dartmouth’s social scene will remain incomplete until he has a better feel for life at the College — which he termed “an incredibly complicated place.” More »
College President Jim Yong Kim will take Dartmouth’s helm in the wake of some of the most drastic College budget cuts in recent history and in the face of an ongoing global economic crisis. His tenure will also follow a period of intense controversy within the College’s alumni body — a period that has seen two lawsuits brought against the College by alumni in the past two years. More »
Outgoing Provost Barry Scherr and Steven Kadish, Kim’s senior vice president and strategic advisor, have led President Jim Yong Kim’s transition to the presidency in recent weeks, working to familiarize Kim with the College. Since assuming his post June 15, Kadish said he has studied the operations of the College, but has not developed any tangible policies to recommend to the incoming administration. More »
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